Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, February 21, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Low mid 60s. Highs mid 80s. Winds trades 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday, showers. Monday and Tuesday, a few windward showers, sunny leeward. Lows near 70. Highs near 80.

Kauai

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning. Windy with showers in the afternoon. Winds trades 5-15 mph becoming northeast 20-30 mph.

Maui County

Tonight, fair except for isolated windward showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds trades 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds mostly trades 10-20 mph.
Leeward: Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning with clouds and brief upslope showers in the afternoon. Winds mostly trades 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

There is a ridge 300 nautical miles north of Honolulu nearly stationary.
Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft.
Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft.

Volcano

No lava activity is taking place above or below ground in the Kilauea area.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 84°F
Record high 1977 - 87°F
Average February high - 81°F
Today's low - 66°F
Record low 1962 - 55°F
Average February low - 65°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - Zero
Actual so far this month - Trace
Normal so far this month - 1.72 in.
Actual so far this year - 6.92 in.
Normal so far this year - 5.27 in.

Surf forecast

Today - Tomw
Ala Moana - 1 ft. - 1 ft.
Makaha - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.
Sunset Beach - 2-3ft. - 2-3ft.
Makapuu - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:32 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 6:57 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 6:17 p.m. today
Moonset - 7:04 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Full Feb. 22, last qtr. March 1, new March 8.

(Courtesy of Bishop Musum Planetarium)

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